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<blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 3723250" data-attributes="member: 172">Indeed it is.Okay... what constitutes an &quot;encounter&quot;? Unlike D&amp;D (much to my chagrin), what happens outside of combat can be very important, and many of those &quot;per session&quot; balanced abilities that I spoke of are all about what happens between encounters.It should be noted that Action dice aren't just a per-session resource. The GM is supposed to award 2-3 per hour. But moving on...See, I'm thinking &quot;feature&quot;. Players like to do something really cool once in a while, and not have to bank on a natural 20.It would be highly dependent upon how the game washes out, but up front, I'm not seeing this &quot;balance&quot; concern of yours. You give the players a resource; they use them. The fact that it's based on table time instead of in-game time just means it's balanced differently. This certainly has different implications, but as already mentioned, I consider those largely positive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psion, post: 3723250, member: 172"] Indeed it is. Okay... what constitutes an "encounter"? Unlike D&D (much to my chagrin), what happens outside of combat can be very important, and many of those "per session" balanced abilities that I spoke of are all about what happens between encounters. It should be noted that Action dice aren't just a per-session resource. The GM is supposed to award 2-3 per hour. But moving on... See, I'm thinking "feature". Players like to do something really cool once in a while, and not have to bank on a natural 20. It would be highly dependent upon how the game washes out, but up front, I'm not seeing this "balance" concern of yours. You give the players a resource; they use them. The fact that it's based on table time instead of in-game time just means it's balanced differently. This certainly has different implications, but as already mentioned, I consider those largely positive. [/QUOTE]

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